Michelle Bernstein to open Crumb at the Webster

Celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein is expanding her Design District Crumb concept with a second outpost at The Webster fashion boutique on Miami Beach, which is expected to open Wednesday.

The 30-seat Crumb in the Webster's first floor lounge also will have 12 outdoor seats overlooking Collins Avenue. The restaurant will feature the soups, salads, hot plates and baked goods that Crumb on Parchment in the Design District offers.

Bernstein also plans to open the space for special event bookings.

The Webster opened in a three-story, 20,000-square-foot former Art Deco hotel at 1200 Collins Ave. in 2007. The Business Journalreported earlier this year reported how owner Laure Heriard Dubreuil spent the better part of a year working with Target to create a 200-item collection.

“I’ve been a fan of The Webster since it opened and love the space,” Bernstein said in a press release. “The care and thought that Laure and Milan (The Webster’s owners) put into everything they do is evident and mirror how David (Martinez, her husband and business partner) and I approach cooking and hospitality. Working together was a very easy decision to make.”

Bernstein is a James Beard Award-winning chef and with her husband operates Michy's at 6927 Biscayne Blvd. The couple in July closed Sra. Martinez and in January closed Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach.

Bernstein told New Times in June that she had several projects in the works, but the couple also wanted to spend more time with their young son.

This may not be Bernstein's first plan to open a restaurant on Miami Beach.

In 2010, the Business Journalreported on a foreclosure action involving the Traymore Hotel on South Beach. At one point, the hotel's website said it was expected to reopen in summer 2011 with a Bernstein restaurant.